“. . in Old Karate, you learned you Art through pain. You learned quickly that your techniques had to be fast or powerful or both. If you did not embrace pain and it's lessons adequately, you simply...”

“Better than money and fame, teaching martial arts to your children; giving them your time and confidence, is the best inheritance”

“Patience and Forgiveness are at the heart of A warrior's success, they help engender necessary intervals of space and time to evaluate difficult encounters.”

“A karate practitioner should possess two things : wicked hands, and Buddha's heart”

“Karate without heart is just A corpse”

“Never strike out of anger if at all possible, this will give your enemy the advantage and strengthen his resolve and psyche”

“When both partners strive for a marriage that honours and pleases God, they can be assured of an everlasting joy and peace.”

“An excuse will not wake up early”

“Fear will always be a tenant in your mind, but do not make fear the landlord of your mind.”

“Efforts + Proper Timing = Success”

“I'd become an uncertain creature in her mind, and I found I liked it; she couldn't fathom what else I might be doing when her eyes weren't on me.”

“No matter what anyone says, no matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is what he intended to do all along.”

“I could not tell anymore how much of the screaming came from my own mouth. I was borne up on the swell of it, I was the sound. We were all howling together, the poor and the quality, the boxing gir...”